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Silence is silver, singing is golden: Strauss' Silent Woman in Munich

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“Sir Morosus is not the only one being left speechless.”
Reviewed at Nationaltheater, Munich on 25 September 2014
Strauss R., Die schweigsame Frau (The Silent Woman)
Bavarian State Opera
Pedro Halffter, Conductor
Barrie Kosky, Director
Esther Bialas, Costume Designer, Set Designer
Franz Hawlata, Sir Morosus
Okka von der Damerau, Widow Zimmerlein, the housekeeper
Nikolay Borchev, Schneidebart, the barber
Daniel Behle, Henry Morosus
Brenda Rae, Aminta
Elsa Benoit, Isotta
Tara Erraught, Carlotta
Christian Rieger, Morbio
Tareq Nazmi, Farfallo
Christoph Stephinger, Vanuzzi
Bayerischer Staatsopernchor
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